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Constituency of the Kowloon City District Council, Hong Kong

Whampoa West
Elected constituency
for the Kowloon City District Council
Outline mapBoundary of Whampoa West in Kowloon City District
DistrictKowloon City
Legislative Council constituencyKowloon Central
Population20,898 (2019)
Electorate9,979 (2019)
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromWhampoa

Whampoa West (Chinese: 黃埔西) is one of the 25 constituencies of the Kowloon City District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The seat has currently been held by independent Kwong Po-yin. The boundary is loosely based on the Western area of Whampoa Garden.

Alliance Primary School in Whampoa West

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
1994 Lau Wai-wing Nonpartisan
2015 Kwong Po-yin→Vacant Youngspiration
2016 Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2019: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Kwong Po-yin 4,715 61.84 +11.34
Nonpartisan Elaine Cheng Hiu-ling 2,910 38.16
Majority 1,805 23.68
Turnout 7,645 76.61
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2015: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Youngspiration Kwong Po-yin 2,114 50.5
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 2,075 49.5 –14.6
Majority 39 1.0 –27.2
Turnout 4,243 49.9
Youngspiration gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2011: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 1,710 64.1 –0.9
Democratic Lo Chun-kit 958 35.9 +0.9
Majority 752 28.2 –1.8
Nonpartisan hold Swing –0.9

2000s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2007: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 1,716 65.0 +0.9
Democratic Stephen Chan Chung-kong 925 35.0
Majority 752 30.0 +1.8
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2003: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 1,642 64.1 +6.2
Nonpartisan Cheng Chee-kwok 919 35.9
Majority 723 28.2 +12.1
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 1999: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 1,149 57.9 +15.9
Democratic Lam Kin-man 831 41.8 +7.8
Majority 318 16.1 +8.1
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kowloon City District Board Election, 1994: Whampoa West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wai-wing 758 42.0
Democratic Yeung Wing-hin 613 34.0
Liberal Lam Kin-man 417 23.1
Majority 145 8.0
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Disqualified on 11 July 2021.

References

  1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. 李彭廣. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部.

Sources

Kowloon City District Council (25)
Democratic (10)
DAB (4)
BPA (3)
Liberal (1)
Independent (7)
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